2019 Lyon bombing, Investigation, Suspect
A suspect was arrested three days later at a bus stop in Lyon and he admitted to investigators that he carried out the bombing. On 20 May 2019, The New York Times reported that the suspect, named Mohamed M., told investigators he had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. According to interior minister Christophe Castaner, the suspect was previously unknown to security services. He was charged with attempted murder and multiple terrorist crimes.


2019 Lyon bombing, Aftermath
On 24 May 2019, president Emmanuel Macron expressed his sympathy for the victims.


2019 Lyon stabbings
On 31 August 2019, nine people were stabbed by an Afghan asylum-seeker One of the victims died and two remain hospitalized. The attack happened outside a subway station in Lyon, France. The police are not investigating the attack as terrorism, but told police he was Muslim and heard voices that were insulting god. Several witnesses also recalled the attacker shouting religious words.


2019 Lyon stabbings
An intervening bus driver prevented the attacker from entering the metro which stopped further carnage.


2019 Lyon stabbings, Victims
A 19-year-old man was stabbed and killed and eight were wounded by the attacker.


2019 M&M's 200
The 2019 M&M's 200 is a NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race held on June 16, 2019, at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. Contested over 200 laps on the 0.8-mile (1.3 km) D-shaped oval, it was the 10th race of the 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series season. The race was postponed from Saturday, June 15 to Sunday, June 16 due to rain.


2019 M&M's 200, Background, Track
Iowa Speedway is a 7/8-mile (1.4 km) paved oval motor racing track in Newton, Iowa, United States, approximately 30 miles (48 km) east of Des Moines. The track was designed with influence from Rusty Wallace and patterned after Richmond Raceway, a short track where Wallace was very successful. It has over 25,000 permanent seats as well as a unique multi-tiered Recreational Vehicle viewing area along the backstretch.


2019 M&M's 200, Practice, First practice
Chandler Smith was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 23.154 seconds and a speed of 136.046 mph (218.945 km/h).


2019 M&M's 200, Practice, Final practice
Sheldon Creed was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 23.458 seconds and a speed of 134.283 mph (216.108 km/h).


2019 M&M's 200, Qualifying
Qualifying was cancelled due to rain. Chandler Smith won the pole based on owner's points.


2019 M&M's 200, Race, Summary
Chandler Smith started on pole and led the race up until a caution shortly before the end of Stage 1, which was won by Ross Chastain after he got off pit road quickly. Chastain continued his dominating lead, also winning Stage 2.


2019 M&M's 200, Race, Summary
In the final stage, Austin Hill and Johnny Sauter tangled several times, causing damage to Sauter's truck. Sauter then purposely drove into Hill under caution in retaliation, causing NASCAR to park him for his actions. Sauter would miss the following week's race due to these actions.


2019 M&M's 200, Race, Summary
Chastain held a comfortable lead over the rest of the field, winning the race with a two-second lead over Brett Moffitt. After the race, NASCAR disqualified Chastain and stripped him of his race win and both stage wins as his truck failed post-race inspection for being too low. This then gave the win to Moffitt, despite him not leading a single lap of the race.


2019 M&M's 200, After the race
Chastain and Niece Motorsports appealed NASCAR's decision to disqualify them, as they stated that the height of Chastain's truck was not an intentional adjustment and it didn't give him an advantage. They also believed the truck's height was the result of minor damage sustained when the race began. The penalty was eventually sustained.


2019 M&M's 200, After the race
The following week, NASCAR took action against Johnny Sauter for his actions in intentionally wrecking Hill under caution. They issued a 1-race suspension. Under normal circumstances this would mean that Sauter would not compete for the championship that season. However, NASCAR, feeling like stripping playoffs eligibility from Sauter was too harsh, granted Sauter a waiver, allowing him to still make the playoffs if he won a race in the regular season and made the top-30 in driver's points.


2019 M-League Division 1
The 2019 M*League Division 1, played between top-level football club in the Northern Mariana Islands, consists of two tournaments: the Spring League and the Fall League.


2019 M-League Division 1, Teams
A total of seven teams competed in the league. MP United, which won the 2018 Spring League, did not compete, and were replaced by Teen Ayuyu, which are the national U-18 team. The 2018 Fall League was abandoned due to the damages caused by Typhoon Yutu.


2019 M1 Nations Cup
The 2019 Six Nations Cup (for sponsorship reasons) also known as 2019 M1 Nations Cup was the thirteenth edition of the Singaporean Nations Cup was held in OCBC Arena from 20–26 October 2019. The tournament featured six nations including hosts Singapore, defending champions Cook Islands along with Botswana, Ireland, Papua New Guinea and Namibia.


2019 M1 Nations Cup
The opening match between Singapore and Namibia ended on a thrilling draw at 54–54. Namibia defeated hosts Singapore in the final 49–42 to win their first M1 Nations Cup title.


2019 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held from March 7–11, 2019 at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. This marked the 20th time the tournament was played at the Times Union Center. No. 1 seed Iona defeated No. 6 seed Monmouth in the championship game 81–60 to win the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Tournament. With the win, Iona became the first MAAC team to win four consecutive MAAC Tournament championships, while also making this their MAAC-record leading seventh consecutive championship game appearance. Monmouth was the second consecutive No. 6 seed to make the championship game in the tournament, and fourth overall.


2019 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All 11 teams in the conference participate in the Tournament. The top five teams receive byes to the quarterfinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2019 MAAC Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2019 MAAC Men's Soccer Tournament, was the 27th edition of the MAAC Men's Soccer Tournament, a post-season college soccer conference tournament to determine the MAAC champion, and the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. The 2019 edition of the tournament began on November 10 and concluded on November 17, 2019.


2019 MAAC Men's Soccer Tournament
Iona won the 2019 MAAC title, which was the program's first ever MAAC championship, allowing them to earn their first ever berth into the NCAA Tournament. There, they lost in the opening round to defending national champions, Maryland.


2019 MAAC Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It was held from March 7–11, 2019 at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. Top seeded Quinnipiac defeated #3 seed Marist 81–51 for their third straight MAAC Tournament championship.


2019 MAAC Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All 11 teams in the conference participated in the Tournament. The top five teams received byes to the quarterfinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2019 MAAC Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2019 MAAC Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference held from November 3 through November 10, 2019. The five-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting matches. The host for the matches was determined by seeding from regular season play. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Monmouth Hawks were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating the Fairfield Stags 6–0 in the final. This is the fourth consecutive title for Monmouth and 5th overall. The title is also the 5th for head coach Krissy Turner.


2019 MAC Championship Game
The 2019 MAC Championship Game was a college football game played on Saturday, December 7, 2019, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, to determine the 2019 champion of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). With sponsorship from Marathon Petroleum, the game was officially the 2019 Marathon MAC Football Championship Game. The game featured the East division champions Miami (of Ohio) and the West division champions Central Michigan, and was the conference's 23rd championship game. The game was won by Miami, 26–21.


2019 MAC Championship Game, Previous season
The 2018 MAC Championship Game featured East Division champion Buffalo against West Division champion Northern Illinois. The Huskies upset the Bulls in a 30–29, to win their fourth title.


2019 MAC Championship Game, Teams
The 2019 MAC Championship Game will be contested by the Miami RedHawks, East Division champions, and the Central Michigan Chippewas of West division. Miami leads the all-time series 14–13–1; the teams last met in 2017, when Miami won 31–14.


2019 MAC Championship Game, Teams, Miami
Miami clinched its spot in the Championship Game after Buffalo lost to Kent State on November 14. A day after Miami defeated Bowling Green, to gain their seventh win their conference. This is Miami's fifth overall appearance in the Championship Game, their first since 2010. The RedHawks compile a 2–2 record in the game, winning in 2003 and in 2010.


2019 MAC Championship Game, Teams, Central Michigan
The Chippewas entered the game 8-4 and 6-2 in the MAC. Their four losses came to Wisconsin, Miami (FL), Western Michigan and Buffalo. They clinched the division in the last week of the season, with a win over Toledo. The Chippewas are 3-0 in MAC Championship games, with their most recent win coming in 2009.


2019 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC). Tournament first-round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 11. The remaining rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena, now known as Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, in Cleveland, Ohio March 14–16, 2019. Buffalo defeated Bowling Green in the championship game to become the 2019 MAC tournament champions, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Tournament.


2019 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All 12 MAC teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top four teams received a bye to the quarterfinals.


2019 MAC Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2019 MAC Men's Soccer Tournament was the 27th and final edition of the MAC Men's Soccer Tournament, a post-season college soccer conference tournament to determine the MAC champion, and the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. The 2019 edition of the tournament began on November 12 and concluded on November 17, 2019.


2019 MAC Men's Soccer Tournament
The lowest seeded team in the tournament, West Virginia, won the MAC title, giving the program their first MAC championship, and their first overall conference championship since 1992. It was the first year since 2011 that a team other than Akron won the MAC Tournament. Marlon LeBlanc earned his first conference championship with the program. With the title, West Virginia earned their second consecutive berth into the NCAA Tournament, and their 14th overall berth. West Virginia defeated Butler 5–1 in the opening round before losing to in-state rivals, Marshall, 1–2.


2019 MAC Men's Soccer Tournament
On May 12, 2020 it was announced that the 2019 edition of the tournament would be the final tournament until at least 2024. From 2020 going forward, the regular season champion would be declared the MAC champion, in part due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2019 MAC Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 MAC Women's Basketball Tournament was the postseason basketball tournament that ended the 2018–19 college basketball season in the Mid-American Conference. Tournament first-round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 11. The remaining rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena, now known as Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, in Cleveland, Ohio between March 13 and 16. The MAC Women's Tournament champion received the conference's automatic bid into the 2019 NCAA Tournament. Buffalo won the conference tournament championship game 77–61 over Ohio. Cierra Dillard was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.


2019 MAC Women's Basketball Tournament, Format
Unlike recent MAC women's tournaments, in which the top two seeds received byes into the semifinals, with the 3 and 4 seeds receiving a bye to the quarterfinals, the tournament reverted to its original structure in which the top four seeds receive just one bye into the quarterfinals.


2019 MAC Women's Basketball Tournament, Bracket
Miami (OH), Ohio, Buffalo and Central Michigan have clinched first round byesMiami (OH), Ohio, Buffalo and Central Michigan have clinched home games in the second roundAkron, Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan, Western Michigan and Ball State will play in the first round


2019 MBC Drama Awards
The 2019 MBC Drama Awards (Korean: MBC 연기대상; RR: MBC Yeon-gi Daesang), presented by Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) took place on December 30, 2019. It was hosted by Kim Sung-joo and Han Hye-jin.


2019 MBC Entertainment Awards
The 2019 MBC Entertainment Awards presented by Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), took place on December 29, 2019 at MBC Public Hall in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul. It was hosted by Jun Hyun-moo, Hwasa and P.O.


2019 MEA Rugby League Championship
The 2019 Middle East-Africa Rugby League Championship will be the second MEA Championship. The competition will be held in October 2019 at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos, Nigeria. The competition will see the international debut of Cameroon, Ghana and Nigeria, while Morocco will be playing for the first time since the last MEA Championship, eight years ago.


2019 MEAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. The tournament was held from March 11 through March 16, 2019 at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. North Carolina Central defeated Norfolk State 50–47 in the championship game to win the tournament, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Tournament. It was the third consecutive championship for North Carolina Central, and fourth in the last six seasons.


2019 MEAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
11 teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top four teams received a first round bye. Florida A&M is ineligible for postseason play due to APR violations.


2019 MEAC Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament took place March 11–15, 2019 at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. The first round games were played on March 11 and March 12, and the quarterfinal games will be played on March 13 and 14. The semifinals were held on March 15, with the championship game on March 16. Bethune-Cookman won the championship game over Norfolk State to earn their first ever bid to the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.


2019 MEAC Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2019 MENA Tour
The 2019 MENA Tour was the 8th season of the MENA Tour and featured 10 events, all held in the MENA area. The tour was not held in 2018.


2019 MENA Tour
Josh Hill made history at the Al Ain Open as the youngest player to win an OWGR-recognized event, breaking the record of Ryo Ishikawa.


2019 MENA Tour, Schedule
The schedule included 10 events; five in February and March with a further five in October and November. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of MENA  Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament.


2019 MENA Tour, Graduates
The top five players on the Order of Merit were:


2019 MFF Charity Cup
The 2019 MFF  Charity Cup (also known as the 2019 MPT Charity Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 8th Charity Cup, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous National League and Domestic Cup competitions. It was held at Aung San Stadium on 6 January 2018. The match was played between Yangon United, champions of the 2018 Myanmar National League and Shan United, runner-up of the 2018 Myanmar National League.


2019 MFF Charity Cup
This was Yangon United's 5th Cup appearance and Shan United's 3rd time Cup appearance, they won Charity Cup for the first time as Kanbawza FC in 2016.


2019 MFF Cup
The 2019 MFF Cup (2019 Холбооны Цом) is the 12th edition of the MFF Cup, the knockout football tournament in Mongolia.


2019 MFF Cup, Round of 32
The draw for the round of 32 was held on 17 May 2019.


2019 MFF Cup, Round of 32
7 June: Khovd Vyestyern (Ховд Вестерн) 1 - 4 Khaan Khuns Titem (Хаан Хүнс Титэм)


2019 MFF Cup, Round of 32
8 June: Tov Buganuud (Төв Буганууд) 5 - 2 Darkhan Shiluus (Дархан Шилүүс)


2019 MFF Cup, Round of 32
8 June: DMIU (ДМЮ) 1 - 5 SP Falcons (СП Фалконс)


2019 MFF Cup, Round of 32
9 June: Jipro (Жипро) 3 - 3 (5 - 4 p) Talyn Khokh Arslanguud (Талын Хөх Арслангууд)


2019 MFF Cup, Round of 32
9 June: Khanters (Хантерс) 2 - 1 UB-yn Mazaalainuud (УБ-ын Мазаалайнууд)


2019 MFF Cup, Round of 32
9 June: KHAD (ХАД) 0 - 10 FC BCH Lions (Би Си Эйч Лионс)


2019 MFF Cup, Round of 32
9 June: Mongol Temuulel (Монгол Тэмүүлэл) 12 - 1 Shonkhoruud (Шонхорууд)


2019 MFF Cup, Round of 32
11 June: Khovd (Ховд) 5 - 1 Khuree Khovguud (Хүрээ Хөвгүүд)


2019 MFF Cup, Round of 32
12 June: Soyombyn Barsuud (Соёмбын Барсууд) 16 - 0 Oul FC (Оул Эф Си)


2019 MFF Cup, Round of 32
13 June: Khokh Chononuud (Хөх Чононууд) 1 - 7 Erchim (Эрчим)


2019 MFF Cup, Round of 32
17 June: Athletic 220 (Атлетик 220) 7-1 Dorno FC (Дорнод Эф Си)


2019 MFF Cup, Round of 32
19 June: Anduud City (Андууд Сити) 1 - 3 Khangarid (Хангарьд)


2019 MFF Cup, Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 21 June 2019.


2019 MFF Cup, Round of 16
3 July: Soyombyn Barsuud (Соёмбын Барсууд) 0 - 3 Khangarid (Хангарьд)


2019 MFF Cup, Round of 16
4 July: SP Falcons (СП Фалконс) 5 - 0 Khovd (Ховд)


2019 MFF Cup, Round of 16
5 July: Athletic 220 (Атлетик 220) 5 - 0 Jipro (Жипро)


2019 MFF Cup, Round of 16
6 July: Khanters (Хантерс) 0 - 2 FC BCH Lions (Би Си Эйч Лионс)


2019 MFF Cup, Round of 16
7 July: Deren (Дэрэн) 8 - 0 Tov Buganuud (Төв Буганууд)


2019 MFF Cup, Round of 16
7 July: Khaan Khuns Titem (Хаан Хүнс Титэм) 3 - 4 Khoromkhon (Хоромхон)


2019 MFF Cup, Round of 16
7 July: Mongol Temuulel (Монгол Тэмүүлэл) 0 - 17 Ulaanbaatar City (Улаанбаатар Сити)


2019 MFF Cup, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals onwards will be held on 19 July 2019.


2019 MFF Cup, Quarter-finals
First legs played between 30 and 31 July, second legs played between 6 and 8 August 2019.


2019 MFF Cup, Quarter-finals
30 July (1st leg): Athletic 220 (Атлетик 220) 3 - 2 Khoromkhon (Хоромхон)


2019 MFF Cup, Quarter-finals
31 July (1st leg): Deren (Дэрэн) 0 - 3 Erchim (Эрчим)


2019 MFF Cup, Quarter-finals
31 July (1st leg): Ulaanbaatar City (Улаанбаатар Сити) 3 - 5 Khangarid (Хангарьд)


2019 MFF Cup, Quarter-finals
31 July (1st leg): FC BCH Lions (Би Си Эйч Лионс) 0 - 2 SP Falcons (СП Фалконс)


2019 MFF Cup, Quarter-finals
6 August (2nd leg): Khangarid (Хангарьд) 3 - 2 Ulaanbaatar City (Улаанбаатар Сити) (agg 8 - 5)


2019 MFF Cup, Quarter-finals
7 August (2nd leg): SP Falcons (СП Фалконс) 3 - 1 FC BCH Lions (Би Си Эйч Лионс) (agg 5 - 1)


2019 MFF Cup, Quarter-finals
7 August (2nd leg): Khoromkhon (Хоромхон) 0 - 8 Athletic 220 (Атлетик 220) (agg 2 - 11)


2019 MFF Cup, Quarter-finals
8 August (2nd leg): Erchim (Эрчим) 0 - 2 Deren (Дэрэн) (agg 3 - 2)


2019 MFF Cup, Semi-finals
First legs played between 17 and 18 September, second legs played between 24 and 25 September 2019.


2019 MFF Cup, Semi-finals
17 September (1st leg): Athletic 220 (Атлетик 220) 0 - 1 Erchim (Эрчим)


2019 MFF Cup, Semi-finals
18 September (1st leg): Khangarid (Хангарьд) 1 - 1 SP Falcons (СП Фалконс)


2019 MFF Cup, Semi-finals
24 September (2nd leg): Erchim (Эрчим) 1 - 1 Athletic 220 (Атлетик 220) (agg 2 - 1)


2019 MFF Cup, Semi-finals
25 September (2nd leg): SP Falcons (СП Фалконс) 4 - 2 Khangarid (Хангарьд) (agg 5 - 3)


2019 MFF Cup, Final
30 October: Erchim (Эрчим) 3 - 2 SP Falcons (СП Фалконс)


2019 MLB Little League Classic
The 2019 MLB Little League Classic was a regular season Major League Baseball (MLB) game played on August 18, 2019, in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, during the 2019 MLB season and the 2019 Little League World Series. It was the third playing of the annual MLB Little League Classic game.


2019 MLB Little League Classic
The game was contested between the Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates, televised on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball and aired on ESPN Radio. The game was sponsored by GEICO.


2019 MLB Little League Classic, Background
In the first Classic, played on August 20, 2017, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 6–3. In the second Classic, played on August 19, 2018, the New York Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 8–2. The third Classic was announced on the date that the second Classic was played.


2019 MLB Little League Classic, Background
Chicago's uniforms for the game read "Cubbies" on the front, while Pittsburgh's read "The Burgh". The teams split the first two games of a three-game series leading up to the Classic. The Cubs entered the Classic with a record of 65–58, battling the St. Louis Cardinals (65–57) for first place in the National League Central, while the Pirates were last in the division at 51–71. MLB allowed each team to add a 26th player (who could not be a pitcher) to their active roster, as the game location was a neutral site; the Pirates added shortstop Cole Tucker, while the Cubs added outfielder Mark Zagunis.


2019 MLB London Series
The 2019 MLB London Series was a two-game Major League Baseball series between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox at London Stadium in London, United Kingdom, in 2019. Sponsored by Mitel, it is branded as Mitel & MLB Present London Series. These were the first MLB games ever played in Europe.


2019 MLB London Series
The games were played on June 29–30, 2019, with the Red Sox serving as the designated "home" team for both games.


2019 MLB London Series, Background
On May 8, 2018, MLB announced a two-year agreement to hold baseball games at London Stadium during the 2019 and 2020 seasons.


2019 MLB London Series, Participating teams
The inaugural series was played between the Red Sox and Yankees, longtime divisional rivals, who had expressed specific interest in participating in the London games. Salter noted that the Yankees and Red Sox are among MLB's most iconic teams, and contrasted the NFL's reluctance to send its high-profile teams to London, as they would be too disruptive to their lucrative and comparatively limited schedules (with a 16-game regular season in comparison to MLB's 162-game regular season). Via their parent company Fenway Sports Group, the Red Sox are also co-owned with Premier League club Liverpool F.C.


2019 MLB London Series, Venue
Locating a venue with the correct dimensions required for a baseball field was difficult, especially as the majority of stadiums in the London region are primarily designed for association football. MLB officials had evaluated multiple options (including cricket grounds such as The Oval), before finalizing London Stadium as the site. The facility was originally constructed for the 2012 Summer Olympics; in late-2015, it was reported that MLB officials had measured the stadium's dimensions and considered it potentially suitable for baseball, and had negotiated the possibility of holding games there.


2019 MLB London Series, Venue
MLB developed a plan to make London Stadium for the games resemble an MLB ballpark, via installation of a new baseball field as an overlay on top of the stadium's existing running track and soccer pitch, with a seating configuration to emulate the more "intimate" layout and fan experiences of MLB ballparks. Materials to construct the playing surface include approximately 142,000 square feet (13,200 m2) of FieldTurf, and clay for the pitcher's mound and home plate area sourced from Pennsylvania. As the facility's locker rooms are smaller and suited towards soccer, larger, MLB-style clubhouses were built within the stadium.


2019 MLB London Series, Venue
As done at Toronto's Rogers Centre, dimensions from home plate are posted in feet and meters: 330 feet (100.6 m) to the foul poles and 385 feet (117.4 m) to center field, with a 16-foot (4.9 m) fence. The dimensions have been described as being potentially hitter-friendly. The two points in left center and right center where the temporary fences join the wall in center field area are slightly closer than center, marked as 382 feet (116.4 m). As the roof overhangs the home plate area, there is a ground rule that balls hitting the roof are considered dead.


2019 MLB London Series, Venue
On April 29, 2019, it was announced that ProgrammeMaster, a London-based sports publisher, had secured the rights to produce the official gameday programme. On May 24, 2019, it went on sale online, priced at £10.


2019 MLB London Series, Broadcasting
In the United States, television rights for the series were split between Fox and ESPN respectively, with both games called by their lead commentary teams (led by Joe Buck and Matt Vasgersian, respectively). The first game aired as part of the afternoon (U.S. time) Fox Saturday Baseball, and the second aired in the morning.


2019 MLB London Series, Broadcasting
In November 2018, it was reported that Major League Baseball was nearing a deal with the BBC to broadcast the two games, with a broadcasting agreement similar to that of the NFL's partnership with the broadcaster. The league currently has a television rights deal with BT Sport, most recently renewed through 2021 to cover the London games. In May 2019, the BBC acquired digital rights to the London games for 2019 and 2020, with plans for a free-to-air television broadcast on the inaugural game. The two games were streamed live on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website.


2019 MLB London Series, Broadcasting
The Boston Red Sox Radio Network also carried the games, with announcers Joe Castiglione, Dave O’Brien, and Sean McDonough. WFAN (AM) carried the games in New York City.


2019 MLB London Series, Entertainment
At the 2019 games, entertainment traditions from Red Sox and Yankees games were represented in-game, including the grounds crew performing "Y.M.C.A." (as is done at Yankee Stadium) and a "Sweet Caroline" sing-along (as is done at Fenway Park). "Theme from New York, New York" was played after both Yankee wins, as is done at Yankee Stadium. Fans voted for Winston Churchill, Freddie Mercury, King Henry VIII, and the Loch Ness Monster to be the entrants in the mascot races. "The Freeze", a spandex-clad sprinter who races fans at Atlanta Braves games, also appeared.


2019 MLB London Series, Entertainment
At the June 29 game, the national anthems of both the United States and the United Kingdom were performed by The Kingdom Choir; the ceremonial first pitches were thrown by participants of the Invictus Games with Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and his wife, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, in attendance; the mascot race was won by Freddie Mercury; and The Freeze lost to a fan in their footrace.


2019 MLB London Series, Entertainment
At the June 30 game, the national anthems were performed by the Capital Children's Choir; The Freeze defeated  a fan in their footrace; and the mascot race was won by King Henry VIII.


2019 MLB London Series, Game summaries
Both teams wore their home (white) jerseys in game one, in order for the Yankees to appear in their well-known pinstripes, despite being the visiting team. The Red Sox wore their home red alternate jerseys in game two,  with the Yankees again wearing their famous pinstripes. In late June, MLB announced that both teams would be allowed to have 26 active players on their rosters during the series (one more than MLB normally allows), with the extra man being a position player. Both teams were also allowed to have 28 players travel to London, in case a roster move (such as due to injury) was required.


2019 MLB London Series, Game summaries, Game 1
At 4 hours 42 minutes, the game was only three minutes shorter than the longest nine-inning game in MLB history (August 18, 2006, also between the Red Sox and Yankees). The 30 total runs scored were the second-most ever in a game between these two teams (31 were scored on August 21, 2009, a 20–11 New York win). The attendance of 59,659 was the most at an MLB game since September 28, 2003, when a crowd of 60,988 at Qualcomm Stadium saw the San Diego Padres lose to the visiting Colorado Rockies.


2019 MLB London Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Boston had three first-inning home runs, the first time the team accomplished that feat since August 14, 1979. New York came from behind to take an 11–4 lead in the seventh inning, when they sent 14 batters to the plate. An eighth-inning homer by Didi Gregorius extended the Yankees' record of consecutive games with a home run to 31. The 50 total runs scored in the two-game series were the most ever in consecutive games between the Yankees and Red Sox.


2019 MLS All-Star Game
The 2019 Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the 24th edition of the annual Major League Soccer All-Star Game. It was held on July 31 at Exploria Stadium in Orlando, Florida against Spanish club Atlético Madrid. Atlético won the game 3–0.


2019 MLS All-Star Game
The game was televised domestically on FS1 and UniMás in the US, on TSN and TVA Sports in Canada and in more than 170 other countries around the world.


2019 MLS All-Star Game, Pre-match
In September 2018, MLS announced that Orlando would host the All-Star Game "in recognition of Orlando City Soccer Club’s emergence as a preeminent organization, Orlando City Stadium’s stature as one of North America’s elite soccer venues, and the overwhelming support of soccer fans in the community." Atlético Madrid was confirmed as the match's opponents in May 2019. Atlético was the 13th different European side to feature in the event and the second from La Liga following city rivals Real Madrid's 2017 match-up in Chicago.


2019 MLS All-Star Game, Pre-match
MLS All-Star Week was a five-day program of entertainment and fan experiences. On June 13, it was announced multi-platinum Latin pop singer Prince Royce would headline the 2019 edition of the MLS All-Star Concert which also featured A-Trak. The concert was free to attend for the public and was held on July 27 at Wall Street Plaza. On July 28, there was an eMLS All-Star Challenge where professional eMLS gamers paired up with the likes Landon Donovan and Diego Forlán to play FIFA. The tournament was won by Orlando City's FIFA Abe and guest player AnthFifa who won a 64-player amateur competition earlier in the day.


2019 MLS All-Star Game, Pre-match
As is tradition, Orlando also hosted the Homegrown Game that runs parallel to the All-Star Game. The game saw a selection of the best young Homegrown Players in MLS play Mexican youth team Chivas U-20s. The Homegrowns won the match on penalties after the game finished in a 2–2 draw.


2019 MLS All-Star Game, Pre-match
Following the Homegrown game, MLS debuted a new skills challenge event, pitting three teams composed of All-Stars (Wayne Rooney, Jonathan dos Santos and Carlos Vela), Atlético Madrid players (Koke, Héctor Herrera and João Félix) as well as players from host side Orlando City (Nani, Sebas Méndez and Chris Mueller) against each other in a series of games created by F2Freestylers to test creativity, control and accuracy. Both events were held on July 30 at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, the same venue as the NFL's similarly-themed Skills Showdown during the Pro Bowl. Orlando City won after Nani hit the crossbar with the last kick of the competition, winning $25,000 for the Orlando City Foundation.


2019 MLS All-Star Game, Squads, MLS All-Stars
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 MLS All-Star Game, Squads, Atlético Madrid
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 MLS Cup Playoffs
The 2019 MLS Cup Playoffs (branded as the 2019 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs for sponsorship reasons) was the post-season championship of Major League Soccer (MLS), the top soccer league in the United States and Canada. It was the 24th edition of the MLS Cup Playoffs, the tournament culminating at the end of the 2019 regular season. The playoffs began on October 19, 2019, and concluded with MLS Cup 2019 on November 10.


2019 MLS Cup Playoffs
The playoffs were contested by fourteen teams under a new format, with the top seven teams from both conferences qualifying based on their regular season performances. All rounds used single-elimination matches that were hosted by the higher remaining seed, and no rounds would be re-seeded unlike previous years. The first round (October 19–20) featured the second through seventh-seeded teams in each conference playing each other, with the first-placed teams in each conference receiving a bye. The winners of the first round advanced to the Conference Semifinals (October 23–24) along with the first-placed team from each conference. The winners of the Conference Semifinals then advanced to the Conference Finals (October 29–30) for an MLS Cup berth.


2019 MLS Cup Playoffs
Atlanta United FC were the defending MLS Cup champions, having won their first title in MLS Cup 2018, but they were eliminated by Toronto FC in the Conference Finals. The 2019 regular season Supporters' Shield champions were Los Angeles FC, but they were also eliminated in the Conference Finals, by Seattle Sounders FC.


2019 MLS Cup Playoffs
For the first time in league history, the four conference finalists were all expansion teams and did not feature any of the ten original teams from the inaugural season.


2019 MLS Cup Playoffs, Conference standings
The top seven teams from each conference advanced to the MLS Cup Playoffs, with the top team in each conference receiving a first-round bye. Background colors denote playoff teams, with green also qualifying for the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League, and blue also qualifying for the 2020 Leagues Cup. Non -playoff Montreal Impact qualified for the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League as winners of the 2019 Canadian Championship.


2019 MLS Cup Playoffs, Bracket
Note: The higher seeded team hosted matches, with the MLS Cup host determined by overall points. Source:


2019 MLS Cup Playoffs, Results, First round, Eastern Conference
In the opening match of the playoffs, defending champions Atlanta United FC hosted the New England Revolution in a rematch of the final regular season match they played two weeks prior. Atlanta won 1–0 with a goal scored in the 70th minute by defender Franco Escobar, who finished a through ball from Ezequiel Barco with a one-time shot.


2019 MLS Cup Playoffs, Results, First round, Eastern Conference
Fourth-seeded Toronto FC hosted the fifth seed, D.C. United, at BMO Field in the second Eastern Conference playoffs match. Toronto took a lead in the first half through a goalkeeping error by Bill Hamid that resulted in a successful chance for Marky Delgado, but D.C. equalized in second half stoppage time with a sequence on a Wayne Rooney corner kick that ended with a goal for Lucas Rodríguez. Toronto scored four unanswered goals in extra time, advancing with a 5–1 victory, with two goals from Jonathan Osorio and one apiece from Richie Laryea and Nick DeLeon.


2019 MLS Cup Playoffs, Results, First round, Eastern Conference
The Philadelphia Union hosted the New York Red Bulls on the following day and fell behind with a 3–1 halftime lead for the visitors, who took advantage of mistakes by goalkeeper Andre Blake. The Union responded with two unanswered goals in the second half to tie the match at full time. In first half stoppage time during extra time, substitute Marco Fabián scored from a chipped shot that gave the Union a 4–3 win, their first playoffs victory.


2019 MLS Cup Playoffs, Top goalscorers
There were 53 goals scored in 13 matches, with an average of 4.08 goals per match.


2019 MLS Expansion Draft
The 2019 MLS Expansion Draft was a special draft for the Major League Soccer expansion teams Inter Miami CF and Nashville SC that was held on November 19, 2019. On October 6, 2019, Inter Miami CF won the coin toss for the Expansion Priority Draft, and chose to select first in the 2019 MLS Expansion Draft. Lists of protected rosters and draft-eligible players were released by MLS on November 16, 2019.


2019 MLS Expansion Draft, Format
The rules for the 2019 MLS Expansion Draft as laid out by Major League Soccer.


2019 MLS Homegrown Game
The 2019 MLS Homegrown Game (also known as the 2019 MLS Homegrown Game presented by Energizer for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth edition of the Major League Soccer Homegrown Game. It was held on July 30 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida and saw a team of MLS Homegrowns play against Mexican youth team Chivas U-20s. The event is held annually in conjunction with the MLS All-Star Game. In 2019, the Homegrown Game preceded the new MLS All-Star Skills Challenge.


2019 MLS Homegrown Game
MLS announced a 22-player Homegrown roster on July 10, 2019 with second set announced on July 24 along with three withdrawals. The final roster totaled 24 players from 18 different MLS clubs including two from host team Orlando City. Marcelo Neveleff, Orlando City Academy director, was selected as head coach.


2019 MLS Homegrown Game, Squads, Chivas U-20s
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 MLS Re-Entry Draft
The 2019 MLS Re-Entry Draft took place on November 26, 2019 (Stage 1) and December 3, 2019 (Stage 2). All 26 Major League Soccer clubs were eligible to participate. The priority order for the MLS Re-Entry Draft was reverse order of finish in 2019, taking into account playoff performance. The 2020 expansion teams, Nashville SC and Inter Miami CF, received selections #25 and #26, respectively.


2019 MLS Re-Entry Draft
Available to all teams in Stage 1 of the Re-Entry draft were:


2019 MLS Re-Entry Draft
Players who were not selected in Stage 1 of the Re-Entry Draft were made available in Stage 2. Clubs selecting players in Stage 2 were able to negotiate a new salary with the player. If a selected player was not under contract, the selecting club was required to make a genuine offer to the player within seven days subject to League Office approval.


2019 MLS Re-Entry Draft
Players who were unselected after Stage 2 were made available to any MLS club on a first-come, first-served basis.


2019 MLS Re-Entry Draft
Teams also had the option of passing on their selection.


2019 MLS Re-Entry Draft, Available players
Players were required to meet age and service requirements to participate as stipulated by the terms of the MLS Collective Bargaining Agreement. The league released a list of all players available for the Re-Entry Draft on November 22, 2019. Subsequently, the league released a list of all players available for Stage Two of the Re-Entry Draft on December 2, 2019.


2019 MLS Re-Entry Draft, Stage One
The first stage of the 2019 MLS Re-Entry Draft took place on November 26, 2019.


2019 MLS Re-Entry Draft, Stage Two
The second stage of the 2019 MLS Re-Entry Draft took place on December 3, 2019.


2019 MLS SuperDraft
The 2019 MLS SuperDraft was the twentieth SuperDraft conducted by Major League Soccer. The SuperDraft is typically held in conjunction with the annual January United Soccer Coaches convention, which in 2019 was held in Chicago, Illinois. The first two rounds of the 2019 SuperDraft were held on January 11, 2019. Rounds three and four were held via conference call on January 14, 2019.


2019 MLS SuperDraft, Format
The SuperDraft format has remained constant throughout its history and closely resembles that of the NFL Draft:


2019 MNL-2
The 2019 National League 2, also known as the 2019 MPT Myanmar National League 2, is the 7th season of the MNL-2, the second division league for association football clubs since its founding in 2012. At the end of the 2018 MNL-2, Royal Thanlyin won the MNL-2 title. After 2018 MNL-2 finished, Royal Thanlyin and  Dagon FC promoted to 2019 Myanmar National League. Chin United will play again in 2019 MNL-2.


2019 MNL-2, Clubs, Stadiums
(*) – not ready to play. MNL clubs that have not had their home stadia ready to host home matches currently use Aung San Stadium and Thuwunna Stadium in Yangon.


2019 MNL-2, Clubs, Personnel and sponsoring
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 MNL-2, Matches
Fixtures and results of the 2019 National League 2 season.


2019 MO
2019 MO, temporarily designated A10eoM1, was a small, harmless 3-meter near-Earth asteroid discovered by ATLAS–MLO that impacted Earth's atmosphere on 22 June 2019 at 21:25 UT. The impact of the bolide was detected by infrasound and generated a 5-kiloton-equivalent explosion off the south coast of Puerto Rico. The strewn field would be spread over the Caribbean Sea.


2019 MO
The Apollo asteroid was inbound approaching a late July perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) when it impacted Earth at 14.9 km/s.


2019 MO, Overview
The asteroid was discovered by ATLAS–MLO on 22 June 2019 and was observed four times with an observation arc of just 30 minutes, typical for ATLAS discoveries before they are followed up by other resources. With such a short observation arc, how far away (and, therefore, how large) the object is very uncertain until more data are available. Using these four observations, JPL's Scout listed the impact risk as modest, and calculated that the asteroid was about 160 meters in diameter and would pass about 36 LD (14 million km) from Earth. A fireball was however reported.


2019 MO, Overview
When the Caribbean bolide report came in from the GOES-16 weather satellite it was possible to link the ATLAS astrometry to it. Three additional precovery observations by Pan-STARRS 2 were then located  and extended the observation arc to 2.3 hours. Using all seven observations, Scout then obtained a significantly better orbit determination with an impact rating of "elevated". The updated orbit shows that the asteroid was about 1.3 LD (500,000 km) from Earth when ATLAS-MLO observed it, 12 hours before impact.


2019 MO, Visibility
The asteroid came to opposition 175 degrees from the Sun on 17 May 2019 when it had an apparent magnitude of 27. Such a faint apparent magnitude would require a 10-hour image to detect with the largest 8-meter class telescopes in the world. Pan-STARRS is a 1.8-meter class telescope and with 30 second images has a limiting apparent magnitude of around 22. ATLAS has a limiting apparent magnitude closer to 19. The asteroid first became brighter than apparent magnitude 23 on 19 June, when it was about 4 million km from Earth. The asteroid was detected by ATLAS when it was apparent magnitude 18.1.


2019 MO, Meteorites
This bolide was a probable meteorite fall into waters 4.8 km deep. NEXRAD weather radar detected falling meteorites at 21:26:15 UT at 10.6 km above sea level. Signatures consistent with falling meteorites appear in a total of four radar sweeps. Meteorite falls with enough mass to generate green pixels on weather radar are very rare.


2019 MO, Origin
It could be an Alinda asteroid originating from the 3:1 mean-motion resonance with Jupiter. Even though 2019 MO has a geometric similarity to the June epsilon Ophiuchids and four other minor meteor showers, it could just as easily be a sporadic meteor that just looks similar by chance. 2019 MO is about 12° away from the concentration of June epsilon Ophiuchids orbits.


2019 MO, Origin
The few other asteroids discovered before impacting are 2008 TC3, 2014 AA, and 2018 LA.


2019 MPBL Finals
The 2019 Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) Finals (also known as the 2019 MPBL Datu Cup Finals), was the best-of-5 championship series of the 2018–19 MPBL Datu Cup and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. Under a new playoff format, the San Juan Knights, the MPBL Northern Division champion, and Davao Occidental Tigers as the MPBL Southern Division Champion, competed for the inaugural Datu Cup championship and the second overall championship contested by the league. Davao Occidental, which finished with the better regular season record, held the homecourt advantage for the series. The San Juan Knights won the championship after defeating the Tigers in five games, 3 games to 2.


2019 MPBL Finals, Background, San Juan Knights
The San Juan Knights entered the season as heavy favorites to win the national championship, as they are loaded with a mix of ex-pro players, collegiate players and homegrown players. They finished the regular season with a 20-5 win loss record, tying with the Manila Stars for third place as both teams had an identical record. The Knights were able to clinch the third seed as they defeated the Stars in the eliminations. In the first two rounds of the playoffs, The Knights easily dealt the Navotas Clutch and the Quezon City Capitals both in just two games each series. The Division Finals saw their sister team, Manila Stars battling them for the Northern Division title. The series went to a decider, where the team would eventually defeat the Stars in Game 3 to clinch North Division title and move to their first ever MPBL Finals appearance.


2019 MPBL Finals, Background, Davao Occidental Tigers
Davao Occidental Tigers came in to the tournament as the 2018 Preseason Champions winning over the Manila Stars in the finals. The Tigers ended their regular season with 20–5 win-loss record, to become the top seed in the South Division and clinch homecourt advantage for the division playoffs. They easily defeated the Cebu City Sharks and the Bacoor City Strikers in the first round and in the division semifinals, both sweeping in two games each series. In the division finals, they faced the defending 2018 MPBL Rajah Cup Champions Batangas City Athletics but were pushed to the limits, even forcing Game 3 decider before escaping the Athletics, to claim its division title and advance to its first ever MPBL Finals appearance.


2019 MPBL Finals, Road to the Finals, Head-to-head matchup
Since both teams have an identical 20–5 win-loss record, the Davao Occidental Tigers will hold the homecourt advantage for the title series as they defeated the San Juan Knights in the eliminations.


2019 MPBL Finals, Broadcast notes
ABS-CBN Sports and ABS-CBN Regional Network Group is the official broadcaster of the Datu Cup Finals that were aired via S+A, ABS-CBN and on Fox Sports Philippines.


2019 MPBL Finals, Broadcast notes
Fox Sports Philippines provided the English-language coverage of the title series.


2019 MPBL Finals, Prizes
The San Juan Knights won the P10 million pesos worth of 18-karat gold trophy, similar to that NBA's Larry O'Brien Trophy, and ball rings which will await the National Champions as per league founder Sen. Manny Pacquiao and Commissioner Kenneth Duremdes.


2019 MPBL Playoffs
The 2019 MPBL Playoffs also known as the MPBL Datu Cup Playoffs, was the postseason tournament of the 2018–19 MPBL Datu Cup, the league's second overall, and the first under a new playoff format. The postseason tournament began on March 12, day after the end of regular season on March 11, 2019, and ended at the conclusion of the 2019 MPBL Datu Cup Finals. The 2019 MPBL Finals saw the Davao Occidental Tigers battled San Juan Knights for the national championship, with the Knights winning in five games, 3 games to 2.


2019 MPBL Playoffs, Format
Within each division, the eight teams with the most wins qualify for the playoffs. All brackets are fixed, there shall be no reseeding. The first three rounds of the playoffs are in a best-of-three series. A team that first earn two wins win the series and advances to the next round. The best-of-five series shall be played in the finals. The first team to win three games would win the championship.


2019 MPBL Playoffs, Format
Not all games would be in a home-and-away format as the league implements a schedule which has two games played per game day, meaning, the second game only is the game which has the home-and-away basis. The venues might be different per series. But in the finals, the home-and-away basis will be observed with a 2–2–1 format. The top 4 teams will hold the homecourt advantage for the divisional playoffs. Additionally, the team with the league's best regular-season record will hold the advantage for the entire playoffs, including the MPBL Finals.


2019 MPBL Playoffs, Format
For the first three rounds of the playoffs, the team with the homecourt advantage will host Games 1 and 3 (if necessary). For the Finals, the team with the better regular season record will hold the homecourt advantage and will host Games 1, 2, and 5 (if necessary) on its homecourt.


2019 MPBL Playoffs, Playoff qualifying
On January 7, 2019, the Manila Stars clinched the first berth for the playoffs, the earliest team who secured a playoff berth.


2019 MPBL Playoffs, Bracket
Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in its division, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. Teams with home court advantage, the higher seeded team, are shown in italics.


2019 MPBL Playoffs, First round, Northern Division, (N1) Bataan Risers vs. (N8) Caloocan Supremos
This is the first playoff meeting between the Bataan Risers and the Caloocan Supremos.


2019 MPBL Playoffs, First round, Northern Division, (N2) Makati Super Crunch vs. (N7) Quezon City Capitals
This is the first playoff meeting between the Makati and the Quezon City.


2019 MPBL Playoffs, First round, Northern Division, (N3) San Juan Knights vs. (N6) Navotas Clutch
This is the first playoff meeting between the San Juan Knights and the Navotas Clutch.


2019 MPBL Playoffs, First round, Northern Division, (N4) Manila Stars vs. (N5) Bulacan Kuyas
This is the first playoff meeting between Kuyas and Stars.


2019 MPBL Playoffs, First round, Southern Division, (S1) Davao Occidental Tigers vs. (S8) Cebu City Sharks
This is the first playoff meeting between the Davao Occidental Tigers and Cebu City Sharks.


2019 MPBL Playoffs, First round, Southern Division, (S2) Batangas City Athletics vs. (S7) Imus Bandera
This is the first playoff meeting between the Batangas City Athletics and the Imus Bandera.


2019 MPBL Playoffs, First round, Southern Division, (S3) Muntinlupa Cagers vs. (S6) Zamboanga Valientes
Allan Mangahas who earned 17 assists in the game, broke the previous record of 15 assists previously held jointly by Mikee Reyes and Bobby Ray Parks Jr. to become the league's newest record holder for most assists made in a single game.


2019 MPBL Playoffs, First round, Southern Division, (S3) Muntinlupa Cagers vs. (S6) Zamboanga Valientes
This is the first playoff meeting between the Muntinlupa Cagers and the Zamboanga Valientes.


2019 MPBL Playoffs, First round, Southern Division, (S4) General Santos Warriors vs. (S5) Bacoor City Strikers
This is the first playoff meeting between Bacoor City Strikers and the General Santos Warriors.


2019 MPBL Playoffs, Divisional semifinals, Northern Division Semifinals, (N1) Bataan Risers vs. (N4) Manila Stars
This is the first playoff meeting between the Manila Stars and the Bataan Risers.


2019 MPBL Playoffs, Divisional semifinals, Northern Division Semifinals, (S7) Quezon City Capitals vs. (S3) San Juan Knights
This is the first playoff meeting between San Juan Knights and Quezon City Capitals.


2019 MPBL Playoffs, Divisional semifinals, Southern Division Semifinals, (S1) Davao Occidental Tigers vs. (S5) Bacoor City Strikers
This is the first playoff meeting between the Bacoor City Strikers and the Davao Occidental Tigers.


2019 MPBL Playoffs, Divisional semifinals, Southern Division Semifinals, (S2) Batangas City Athletics vs. (S6) Zamboanga Valientes
This is the first playoff meeting between the Zamboanga Valientes and the Batangas City Athletics.


2019 MPBL Playoffs, Divisional finals, Northern Division Finals: (N4) Manila Stars vs. (N3) San Juan Knights
This is the first playoff meeting between the Manila Stars and the San Juan Knights.


2019 MPBL Playoffs, Divisional finals, Southern Division Finals: (S1) Davao Occidental Tigers vs. (S2) Batangas City Athletics
This is the first playoff meeting between Davao Occidental Tigers and Batangas City Athletics.


2019 MPBL Playoffs, MPBL Finals: (N3) San Juan Knights vs. (S1) Davao Occidental Tigers
The San Juan Knights and the Davao Occidental Tigers will battle for the national championship to become the first ever Datu Cup Champion and the second MPBL Champions.


2019 MSBL season
The 2019 MSBL season was the 31st season of the Men's State Basketball League (SBL). The regular season began on Friday 15 March, with round 1 seeing a 2018 grand final rematch between the Perry Lakes Hawks and Joondalup Wolves. The 2019 MSBL All-Star Game was played on 3 June at Bendat Basketball Centre – the home of basketball in Western Australia. The regular season ended on Sunday 28 July. The finals began on Saturday 3 August and ended on Saturday 31 August, when the Geraldton Buccaneers defeated the Wolves in the MSBL Grand Final.


2019 MSBL season, Regular season
The regular season began on Friday 15 March and ended on Sunday 28 July after 20 rounds of competition. Easter games in round 6 were again scheduled for a blockbuster Thursday night, with all teams then on a break over the long weekend. Games tipped-off again on Anzac Day as the tradition continued between the Kalamunda Eastern Suns and Willetton Tigers. There was also Women's Round in round 9 and Heritage Round in round 16, while the new concept of Mental Health Awareness Round was included for round 19.


2019 MSBL season, Regular season
Changes for the 2019 season saw the Stirling Senators rebrand as the Warwick Senators, while the East Perth Eagles relocated from Morley Sport & Recreation Centre to Herb Graham Recreation Centre.


2019 MSBL season, Finals
The finals began on Saturday 3 August and ended on Saturday 31 August with the MSBL Grand Final.


2019 MSBL season, All-Star Game
The 2019 MSBL All-Star Game took place at Bendat Basketball Centre on Monday 3 June, with all proceeds going to Red Frogs Australia.


2019 MTN 8
The 2019 MTN 8 was the 45th edition of South Africa's annual soccer cup competition, the MTN 8. It featured the top eight teams of the Premier Soccer League at the end of the 2018-19 season.


2019 MTN 8, Teams
The eight teams that competed in the MTN 8 knockout competition are (listed according to their finishing position in the 2018/2019 Premier Soccer League Season):


2019 MTR non-cooperation movement
The 2019 MTR Non-cooperative Movement occurred in June–September 2019, and was initiated by protesters who opposed the revision of the Fugitive Offenders Regulations and the five major demands Uncooperative Movement. Railway services are provided by means of obstructing the closing of the doors. The netizens who initiated the campaign hoped to put pressure on MTR on the incident and asked the other party to respond to the appeal of the bus captains on July 25.


2019 MTR non-cooperation movement
The demonstrators conducted six railway non-cooperative movements on June 13, July 24, 25, 30, August 5, and September 2. Among them, August 5 was the largest scale, causing impact. maximum. The demonstrations on August 5 caused eight railway line services to be blocked, including Kwun Tong Line and 荃湾线, 港岛线 上环站 to 柴湾站 The train service was temporarily suspended.


2019 MTR non-cooperation movement
In late July, some netizens initiated Chaoge MTR Corporation Action and took the MTR


2019 MTV Europe Music Awards
The 2019 MTV EMAs (also known as the MTV Europe Music Awards) was held at the FIBES Conference and Exhibition Centre in Seville, Spain, on 3 November 2019. The host of the ceremony was Becky G. This was the fourth time, as well as the second consecutive year, that Spain hosted the awards show. It was the first time that a country hosted back-to-back editions of the award show.


2019 MTV Europe Music Awards
Ariana Grande was nominated for seven awards, followed by Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X and Shawn Mendes, who were each nominated for six. BTS won three awards, becoming the most awarded act of the night, followed by Taylor Swift, Halsey and Eilish, who were each won for two.


2019 MTV Europe Music Awards
In association with the EMAs, an event called MTV Music Week was organised, which run from 31 October to 2 November at different locations throughout the city. Its main concert was held at the Plaza de España on 2 November, headlined by Green Day.


2019 MTV Europe Music Awards, Nominations
Nominees were announced on October 1, 2019. Winners are in bold text.


2019 MTV Europe Music Awards, Nominations
Taylor Swift (featuring Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco) — "Me!"


2019 MTV Europe Music Awards, Nominations
Rosalía and J Balvin (featuring El Guincho) – "Con Altura"


2019 MTV Millennial Awards
The 7th Annual MTV Millennial Awards took place on June 23, 2019 at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City. It was broadcast live by MTV Latin America. The awards celebrated the best of Latin music and the digital world of the millennial generation. The list of nominees were revealed on May 6, 2019. Leading the list of nominees were J Balvin, Bad Bunny and Paulo Londra with five nominations each and Anitta with three nominations under her belt.


2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards
The 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards ceremony took place June 15, 2019 at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, with host Zachary Levi, and was broadcast two days later on June 17, 2019. It was the 28th edition of the awards and the third to jointly honor movies and television.


2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards, Performers
MTV announced Lizzo's performance on May 16, 2019, alongside a performance by Martin Garrix with Macklemore and Patrick Stump of Summer Days, but on June 10, it was announced that they would no longer perform and Bazzi would perform instead.


2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards, Winners and nominees
The full list of nominees was announced on May 14, 2019. Winners are listed first, in bold.


2019 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2019 MTV Video Music Awards were held on August 26, 2019, at the Prudential Center in Newark, being the first VMA ceremony to be held in New Jersey. Sebastian Maniscalco hosted the 36th annual ceremony. Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, and Billie Eilish were the most awarded with three each. Missy Elliott became the first female rapper to win the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. The show was broadcast on a variety of Viacom-owned networks, as well as their respective websites, and apps through TV Everywhere authentication. 2019 MTV Video Music Awards won the 2020 Webby Award for Events in the category Social.


2019 MTV Video Music Awards, Presenters
A variety of presenters appeared at the pre-show and main ceremony.


2019 MTV Video Music Awards, Winners and nominees
The nominees for most categories were revealed on July 23, 2019. Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift had the most nominations with ten followed by Billie Eilish with nine and Lil Nas X received eight while two new categories were included: Best K-Pop and Video for Good (previously "Video with a Message"). On August 19, three more categories were announced: Best Group, Best Power Anthem, and Song of Summer. The new categories increased the nominations for Grande and Swift to twelve each, Eilish to ten, and Lil Nas X to nine.


2019 MTV Video Music Awards Japan
The 2019 MTV Video Music Awards Japan were held on September 18, 2019.


2019 MTV Video Music Awards Japan, Abstract
"Best Video of the Year" is determined by public voting. It's announced with two special awards (BALLISTIK BOYZ and Foorin) at the ceremony. King Gnu won the Best Video of the year, it's only 8 months from their major debut, it's the fastest in the history of MTV VMAJ. While Foorin is the youngest artist of the winners at the ceremony.


2019 MTV Video Music Awards Japan, Main Awards, Best Female Video
JapanAimyon — "Kon'ya kono mama" (今夜このまま, Let the Night)| InternationalTaylor Swift — "Me!"


2019 MTV Video Music Awards Japan, Main Awards, Best Group Video
JapanKeyakizaka46 — "Kuroi Hitsuji" (黒い羊, Black Sheep)| InternationalThe 1975  — "Sincerity Is Scary"


2019 MTV Video Music Awards Japan, Main Awards, Best New Artist Video
JapanKing Gnu – "Hakujitsu" (白日, White Day)| InternationalBillie Eilish – "Bad Guy"


2019 MTV Video Music Awards Japan, Main Awards, Best Collaboration Video
Ringo Sheena and Hiroji Miyamoto – "Kemono yuku hosomichi" (獣ゆく細道, The Narrow Way)


2019 Macanese Chief Executive election
The 2019 Macanese Chief Executive election was held on 25 August 2019 for the 5th term of the Chief Executive of Macau (CE), the highest office of the Macau Special Administrative Region. Incumbent Chief Executive Fernando Chui, who was re-elected once already, was not eligible to run for the office under Macao Basic Law, the mini-constitution of the territory. Ho Iat-seng, former President of the Legislative Assembly of Macau, won as the sole candidate of the election.


2019 Macanese Chief Executive election, Background
Election for 399 Election Committee members, whose duty is to elect the new Chief Executive, was held on 16 June 2019.


2019 Macanese Chief Executive election, Background
On 18 April 2019, the third President of the Legislative Assembly of Macau Ho Iat-seng announced his bid for CE office and tendered his resignation as the President of AL, Member of AL, Member of the NPCSC, and the 400 members Election Committee for the Chief Executive of Macau which was temporary reduced to 399 members. On 23 April the Chairman of the NPCSC Li Zhanshu formally accepted Ho's resignation from the NPCSC. On 5 July 2019, Ho officially resigned from Legislative Assembly of Macau as President and Member of AL. On 23 June 2019, Ho was able to secure 378 electoral colleges becoming the sole candidate for CE, then appointed by Li Keqiang, Premier of China.


2019 Macanese Chief Executive election, Civil vote
Pro -democracy political party New Macau Association virtually held "Civil Vote of CE Under Universal Suffrage" between 11 and 25 August 2019, of which one question regarding political reform was presented: "Do you agree the Chief Executive of Macau Special Administrative Region shall be selected by universal suffrage?". The vote was cut short on 23 August by the Association after the voting website and advertisement booths on street were being attacked. According to the result released, 5,351 voted yes (93.9%), 236 voted no (4.1%), and 111 abstained (2%).


2019 Macanese Chief Executive election, Results
Ho Iat-seng was elected after winning 98% of votes cast. The result was ratified by the Court of Final Appeal. Ho was officially appointed by Li Keqiang, Premier of the People's Republic of China, on 4 September 2019, and took office on 20 December.


2019 Macanese Chief Executive election, Controversies
The pro-democracy camp voices discontentment over the uncontested election, criticizing it as "one-man election", "sham election", and "small-circle election" as majority of residents cannot nominate and vote in the election.


2019 Macau Grand Prix
The 2019 Macau Grand Prix (formally the 66th Suncity Group Macau Grand Prix – FIA F3 World Cup) was a motor race for Formula Three cars held on the streets of Macau on 17 November 2019. Unlike past races, the 2019 Macau Grand Prix was held as a non-championship round of the FIA Formula 3 Championship, and was open to drivers from all Formula Three championships. The race itself was made up of two races: a ten-lap qualifying race that decided the starting grid for the fifteen-lap main event. The 2019 race was the 66th running of the Macau Grand Prix, the 37th for Formula Three cars and the fourth edition of the FIA F3 World Cup.


2019 Macau Grand Prix
The Grand Prix was won by MP Motorsport driver Richard Verschoor from fourth position. Jüri Vips of the Hitech Grand Prix team won the qualification race the day before and led the first seven laps of the main race before Verschoor passed him for first place on the eighth lap. Verschoor blocked Vips' multiple attempts to overtake him to become the first rookie to win the Macau Grand Prix since Keisuke Kunimoto in 2008. He was the first Dutch driver in history to win the event and the second driver in history after Roberto Moreno to win the New Zealand Grand Prix and Macau. Vips finished second and Logan Sargeant of the Carlin Buzz Racing team was third.


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Background and entry list
The Macau Grand Prix is a Formula Three race considered by drivers as a stepping stone to higher motor racing categories such as Formula One, and is Macau's most prestigious international sporting event. The event was made a non-championship round of the FIA Formula 3 Championship for the first time in 2019; its head Bruno Michel ensured the season concluded at the Sochi Autodrom and not the Yas Marina Circuit as it had been in the preceding GP3 Series to prevent logistical complications for drivers and teams.


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Background and entry list
It was the 66th iteration of the race, the 37th time it was held to Formula Three regulations, and the 4th edition of the FIA F3 World Cup. It was held on the temporary 6.120 km (3.803 mi) 22-turn Guia Circuit in the streets of Macau on 17 November 2019 after three days of practice and qualifying.


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Background and entry list
In order to compete in Macau, drivers in possession of a FIA Grade B license or higher and who raced in the FIA Formula 3 Championship or its regional championships were invited to race by motorsport's world governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), with higher-placed driver in these respective series receiving priority in earning an invitation to the meeting.


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Background and entry list
The race's 30-car grid featured 2019 FIA Formula 3 champion Robert Shwartzman, two-time Macau Grand Prix winner Dan Ticktum, Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters driver Ferdinand Habsburg, FIA Formula Two competitor Callum Ilott, European Le Mans Series participant Arjun Maini, Japanese Formula 3 Championship racer Enaam Ahmed, and Enzo Fittipaldi and Sophia Flörsch from the Formula Regional European Championship. Frederik Vesti, the Formula Regional European champion, was employed by the Prema team to drive the injured Jehan Daruvala's car; Alex Peroni was required to withdraw from the race due to a broken vertebrae he sustained in an accident at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza.


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Background and entry list
The replacement of the series' outdated Dallara F317 car with the more powerful Dallara F3 2019 prompted organisers to make minor upgrades to the Guia Circuit from an FIA Grade 3 homologation to a Grade 2. Former FIA race director Charlie Whiting and circuit organisers had expressed their desire for such as change in May 2019. They moved the inside wall at Lisboa turn in order to direct vehicles away from its apex kerb and towards a widened run-off area, in response to a major accident involving Flörsch, Daruvala and Sho Tsuboi in the 2018 race.


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Background and entry list
The corner's fencing was supported by a second row of fences on the Hotel Lisboa grounds, a tyre wall was installed, and a photographer's area that had halted Flörsch's car was dismantled. The Reservoir and Mandarin Bend corners were realigned and retrofitted with SAFER barriers. TecPro energy-absorbing walls were installed at the San Francisco, Hospital and Fisherman's Bend turns and foam-protection technologies were implemeneted at several places on the track.


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Background and entry list
Pirelli became the event's tyre supplier for the second time after 2016. Cars were installed with drag reduction system (DRS), an adjustable flap at the back of each car that helps with overtaking when activated, at Macau for the first time. It had one activation zone for the race: on the straight between the Mandarin Oriental Bend and Lisboa corners. Per the regulations of the FIA Formula 3 Championships, cars had to be within a second of the other to use the system.


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Background and entry list
An electronic flag system was implemented and elevated for the first time in ten areas of the circuit to complement the existing flags waved by track marshals. The sections were determined by the FIA, the Macau Grand Prix Committee and multiple governmental departments of Macau with an objective of expanding its deployment in the future. The Government of Macau's Civil Aviation Authority barred all unmanned aircraft from flying during the race weekend to improve safety and prevent hindrances.


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
Two 40-minute practice sessions were held before the race on Sunday: one on Thursday mid-morning and one on late Friday morning. In the first session, which occurred in clear and warm weather, Marcus Armstrong was fastest, setting a new unofficial overall track lap record of 2 minutes, 8.023 seconds with two minutes to go, followed by Jake Hughes, Ticktum, Shwartzman, Richard Verschoor, Ilott, Vesti, Ahmed, Logan Sargeant and Christian Lundgaard in positions two through ten.


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
Yuki Tsunoda braked too late and struck a barrier at the Hospital Bend with 16 minutes to go and activating the virtual safety car procedure to order drivers to slow. The Hitech Grand Prix team repaired his car; he was unable to participate for most of the first qualifying session because of ongoing car work. Jüri Vips had a DRS failure late in the session that caused a slot in his rear wing to lodge open; he entered the pit lane to have it fixed.


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
Qualifying was divided into two 40-minute sessions held on Thursday afternoon and Friday afternoon respectively. The fastest time set by each driver from either session counted towards their final starting position for the qualification race. The first qualifying session was held in clear and warm weather. Armstrong set a benchmark fastest lap before Shwartzman and then Vips led. Hughes revised the overall fastest lap to 2 minutes, 6.793 seconds to claim provisional pole position. David Beckmann was 0.051 seconds slower in second. Vips was third, early pace setter Armstrong fourth, and Sargeant fifth.


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
Ticktum, in his first race driving the new Formula 3 car, came sixth ahead of Ilott, Vesti, Shwartzman and Lundaard. Following them were the Italian duo of Leonardo Pulcini and Alessio Lorandi in 11th and 12th, and Felipe Drugovich, Verschoor, Maini, Sebastián Fernández, Ahmed, Liam Lawson, Habsburg, Keyvan Andres, Hon Chio Leong, David Schumacher, Flörsch, Fittipaldi, Andreas Estner, Lukas Dunner, Olli Caldwell, Alessio Deledda and Max Fewtrell. The five fastest drivers were separated by 0.619 seconds, and due to the faster Dallara cars lap times overall lowered by an average of 3½ seconds.


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
There were four red flag stoppages during the session. Ahmed stopped after hitting a barrier at Lisboa corner, with fluids from his car leaking onto the track en route to the pit lane. Fewtrell then hit the outside barrier at Lisboa turn, and Caldwell stopped on the track after exiting Fisherman's Bend due to an engine failure. An accident for Tsunoda against a barrier at Maternity Bend caused the race director to end the session early.


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
In the second practice session, Shwartzman led early on until Ticktum went faster. Vips then improved to 2 minutes, 6.569 seconds to reset the unofficial circuit record, with more than five minutes remaining. Ilott was 0.568 seconds slower in second. Verschoor, Armstrong, Lawson, Ticktum, Maini, Shwartzman, Caldwell and Sargeant were third to tenth. The session had to be stopped twice due to separate incidents. An understeer caused Flörsch to stop against the barrier after the Melco hairpin. She blocked the track because she stalled her car while reversing. As a crane extricated Flörsch's car, Habsburg spun and stopped the session.


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
Beckmann made a braking error for Police corner and crashed with five minutes to go. Ticktum was caught off guard and hit the rear of Beckmann's car at high speed to end the session early. The stewards investigated Ticktum and imposed no penalty; they deemed him to have made "a significant attempt" to avoid Beckmann and a lack of time to notice double waved yellow flags to alert drivers to Ticktum's crash.


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
The second qualifying session was held in warmer weather than the first. It was first halted after ten minutes when Pulcini crashed; Fittipaldi was caught off guard by Pulcini's accident and hit the rear of his car. 20 minutes in Armstrong became the first driver to go below 2 minutes and 6 seconds mark, before he crashed into an outside wall at Police turn and removed his front wing and right front tyre to stop qualifying again with 19 minutes left.


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
Vips reset the official track lap record to a 2 minutes, 4.997 seconds—five seconds faster than the 2018 lap record—in the final seven minutes. The session ended with two minutes to go after a third stoppage, when Habsburg crashed and stopped on the circuit. Vips earned the pole position for the qualifying race. Shwartzman was 0.379 seconds slower in second place. Ilott, Lundgaard and Verschoor moved to third, fourth and fifth. Hughes fell from first to sixth, with Vesti and Maini seventh and eighth. Armstrong's crash put him ninth, Sargeant tenth, Habsburg eleventh and Fewtrell twelfth. Carlin mechanics rebuilt Ticktum's car; he had 20 minutes on the track and took 13th. Behind him the rest of the provisional grid lined up as Lorandi, Lawson, Drugovich, Caldwell, Fernández, Beckmann, Ahmed, Tsunoda, Andres, Schumacher, Dunner, Pulcini, Estner, Flörsch, Leong, Deledda and Fittipaldi.


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying, Post-qualifying
After qualifying, the stewards imposed a three-place grid penalty on Tsunoda because they deemed him to have reversed in "an unexpected manner" to rejoin the circuit after he ventured onto the Lisboa corner run-off area.


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying, Qualifying classification
Each of the driver's fastest lap times from the two qualifying sessions are denoted in bold.


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Qualification race
The 10-lap qualifying race to set the starting order for the main race commenced at 09:00 Macau Standard Time (UTC+08:00) on Saturday, 16 November. The weather at the start was dry and clear with the air temperature at 24 °C (75 °F). Vips kept the lead from Shwartzman heading into Lisboa turn after a slow start. Lundgaard overtook Ilott for third and clung onto Shwartzman's slipstream. Shwartzman held second from Lundgaard. Further down the order, Sargeant braked later than other drivers and his front wing glanced Maini's rear-right wheel.


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Qualification race
Maini was sent into a spin and rested against a trackside wall in a way that caused his vehicle to protrude at the exit of Lisboa turn. Ticktum attempted to pass Hughes as he negotiated his way past Maini's car and he and Hughes made contact. Ticktum was sent airborne and made a pit stop for repairs. Hughes and Ahmed were caught up in the crash as Sargeant continued driving. Officials dispatched the safety car to allow track marshals to clear debris. Armstrong and Vesti lost several positions, promoting Lorandi and Schumacher to the top ten; the latter made a pit stop for unknown reasons and fell down the order.


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Qualification race
The safety car was withdrawn on the fourth lap and Vips maintained the lead from Shwartzman at the rolling restart. Vips began to pull away from the remainder of the field to such an extent he was able to prevent Shwartzman from using DRS to overtake him. DRS was deployed by a number of drivers until it was disabled because of a sensor fault that restricted its usage.


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Qualification race
Soon after, after Verschoor caught Ilott and used the slipstream from the back of the latter's vehicle to pass him for fourth position on the straight linking the Mandarin Oriental Bend and Lisboa corners on the eighth lap. On the same lap, Drugovich in 15th made a braking error for Lisboa turn and had an accident that caused him to retire. He exited his car unaided and swift work by track marshals to extricate his car before the field passed by eliminated the need for a second safety car deployment. Vips finished the qualification race first to earn pole position for the Grand Prix. Shwartzman was second and Lundgaard third. The final classified finishers were Verschoor, Ilott, Sargeant, Lorandi, Habsburg, Beckmann, Pulcini, Andres, Dunner, Leong, Fittipaldi, Fernández, Tsunoda, Armstrong, Vesti, Estner, Lawson, Flörsch, Fewtrell, Caldwell, Deledda and Schumacher.


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Main race
The 15-lap race began at 15:30 local time on 17 November. The weather was dry and clear with the air temperature 25 °C (77 °F). Vips maintained the lead intoo MandarinOriental Bend. Shwartzman in second position had a slow start and Lundgaard on the right drew alongside him; Verschoor steered right to go three-abreast as he slipstreamed past Lundgaard and Shwartzman for second. Room on the track lessened and Shwartzman and Lundgaard made contact. Shwartzman's front-right wing end-plate hit Lundgaard's rear-left wheel and the latter drove over the appendage to fracture it and puncture Shwartzman's front-right tyre. Shwartzman slowed and stopped on Lisboa corner's run-off area to retire. Ilott made a slow getaway and fell to eighth. By the conclusion of lap one Lawson had moved from 20th to 13th as Armstrong had overtaken Vesti for 16th, and Vips led Verschoor by 1.8 seconds.


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Main race
On the fourth lap, Caldwell retired due to the consequences of an earlier collision that damaged his front wing and a tyre. Pulcini duelled for seventh when he struck a tyre barrier at Lisboa corner and retired. Shortly thereafter, the safety car deployed due to an accident that nullified Vips' lead over Verschoor: Habsburg entered the Solitude Esses too quickly, ricocheted off a right-hand-side kerb and struck the wall. Habsburg exited his car unhurt and unaided as both his and Pulicini's cars were extricated from the circuit.


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Main race
At the restart on lap eight, which saw the field return to racing speed, Verschoor prepared to pass Vips as the latter weaved on the track to try and prevent the former from slipstreaming him. Verschoor had a strong side slipstream, more speed and grip, and turned left and braked later than Vips to take the lead before Lisboa corner. Sargeant overtook Lorandi for fourth and an understeer lost Andres eighth to Lawson. On lap nine Sargeant passed Lundgaard at Lisboa corner for third.


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Main race
Flörsch stopped on the straight towards Mandarin Oriental Bend with an electrical problem on lap nine. This prompted the brief activation of the virtual safety car procedure to temporarily stop racing and allow for the recovery of Flörsch's car. When the virtual safety car procedure was lifted, Vips drove on debris and wore his tyres, reducing their grip. He drew close to Verschoor after the latter made an error at Police Bend but could not pass him due to the narrow track.


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Main race
Vips subsequently tried to pass Verschoor into Lisboa turn on lap eleven; the latter swerved to prevent hitting a trackside wall as he braked as late as possible, retaining the lead. On the following lap Vips used DRS to again try to pass Verschoor on the entry to Lisboa corner, but was unsuccessful as Verschoor turned left as late as he could. Verschoor caused Vips to run close to the turn's run-off area after Vips flat-spotted his tyres, affecting his car's handling.


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Main race
Vips was still able to close up to Verschoor, who adapted to a bent steering arm, causing him to fight for control of his car. Both Verschoor and Vips made errors on the 14th lap; Verschoor locked his tyres and Vips oversteered at Fisherman's Bend. Vips again used DRS and Verschoor defended the lead. On his first appearance in Macau, it was Verschoor's victory, achieving the first win for a rookie driver in Macau since Keisuke Kunimoto in 2008.


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Main race
He was the first Dutch driver to win the race, and the second in history to win in Macau and the New Zealand Grand Prix after Roberto Moreno in 1982. Vips finished second to exceed Ralf Aron as the highest-placed Estonian finisher in Macau, and Sargeant third. Off the podium, Lundgaard was fourth after Sargeant held him off. Lorandi was fifth in his first race after recovering from a thumb injury. Ilott took sixth ahead of Lawson, who gained 13 places after starting 20th. Armstrong, Beckmann and Vesti completed the top ten. Tsunoda, Andres, Ticktum, Dunner, Fernández, Fittipaldi, Hughes, Fewtrell, Leong, Estner, Schumacher, Ahmed, Maini, Drugovich and Deledda were the final finishers.


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Main race, Post-race
The top three drivers appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and spoke to the media in a later press conference. Verschoor said he was delighted to win and expressed a wish to return to Macau in 2020: "To be honest, I am not believing the feeling yet! It hasn't sunk in that I have just won the Macau Grand Prix! It was a really busy race and I was under a lot of pressure. I had to concentrate so much towards the end, and I am still recovering a bit.


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Main race, Post-race
Both the team and myself are maybe not as experienced yet or consistently at the same level as some of the other guys, so this is a huge result for the team, myself and everyone involved." Vips said he was disappointed not to win and attributed it to a DRS failure on his car and tyre wear: "I’m just feeling disappointed because I think I did the perfect weekend minus the safety car restart. The DRS was supposed to work but it didn’t. I don’t know how I managed to keep Richard under pressure in the middle sector because my tyres were finished."


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Main race, Post-race
Sargeant thanked his team Carlin for the work they put in for the race: "They have done an absolutely brilliant job this weekend. I think we have come here with full force and full preparation. It's been a difficult year and that’s why I want to really thank Carlin, because we’ve really brought something extra here and we have worked hard for it.” Shwartzman declared himself to have had a "very sad" premature conclusion to his race: "All weekend we had really good pace and were fighting for the win.


2019 Macau Grand Prix, Main race, Post-race
Macau is like a gambling game, you never know what is going to happen. Anyways, we did all we could this week, thank you Prema – the car was on the top [level]." Ilott said he had not driven the Dallara car before the Macau race or undertaken any simulator running due to air flight cancellations. He spoke of the car on the race, "We changed a lot on the car after the qualification race and it did work out. But I lost a bit of time from the virtual safety car and trying to work back from that was quite difficult."


2019 Macau Guia Race
The 2019 Macau Guia Race was the fourth edition of the Macau Guia Race under the TCR Regulations held at Guia Circuit in Macau on 13–17 November 2020. The race was contested with TCR touring cars and run in support of the 2019 Macau Grand Prix. The race served as the penultimate round of the 2019 World Touring Car Cup.


2019 Macau Guia Race, Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers are entered into the event:


2019 Macau Open (badminton)
The 2019 Macau Open was a badminton tournament which took place at Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion Macau in Macau from 29 October to 3 November 2019 and had a total prize of $150,000.


2019 Macau Open (badminton), Tournament
The 2019 Macau Open was the twenty-second tournament of the 2019 BWF World Tour and also part of the Macau Open championships, which had been held since 2006. This tournament was organized by Badminton Federation of Macau and sanctioned by the BWF.


2019 Macau Open (badminton), Tournament, Venue
This international tournament was held at Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion Macau in Macau.


2019 Macau Open (badminton), Tournament, Point distribution
Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 300 event.


2019 Macau Open (badminton), Tournament, Prize money
The total prize money for this tournament was US$150,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.


2019 Macha Lake Open
The 2019 Macha Lake Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the eighteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Staré Splavy, Czech Republic between 17 and 23 June 2019.


2019 Macha Lake Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Macha Lake Open – Doubles
Maria Marfutina and Anastasia Zarycká were the defending champions, but Marfutina chose not to participate. Zarycká partnered Laura Ioana Paar but lost in the first round to Sofya Lansere and Kamilla Rakhimova.


2019 Macha Lake Open – Doubles
Natela Dzalamidze and Nina Stojanović won the title, defeating Kyōka Okamura and Dejana Radanović in the final, 6–3, 6–3.


2019 Macha Lake Open – Singles
Monika Kilnarová was the defending champion, but lost to Dejana Radanović in the first round.


2019 Macha Lake Open – Singles
Barbora Krejčíková won the title, defeating wildcard Denisa Allertová 6–2, 6–3 in the final.


2019 Mackay Cutters season
The 2019 Mackay Cutters season was the 12th in the club's history. Coached by Steve Sheppard and captained by Cooper Bambling, they competed in the QRL's Intrust Super Cup. The club missed the finals for the sixth consecutive season, finishing in 11th place.


2019 Mackay Cutters season, Season summary
After another last place finish in 2018, the Cutters underwent another roster overhaul, losing both starting front rowers, Nick Brown and Jordan Grant, to the Redcliffe Dolphins and key outside backs Nicho Hynes and Nathan Saumalu to the Sunshine Coast Falcons. In turn, they recruited former Super League players Alex Gerrard and Lloyd White from the Widnes Vikings, Sam Cook from the New Zealand Warriors, and Ross Bella, Paul Byrnes, Jordan Kenworthy and David Munro from the Townsville Blackhawks.


2019 Mackay Cutters season, Season summary
The club endured another tough season on the field, winning just three of their first 10 games. Four wins from their final 13 games followed and the club finished the year in 11th spot, three places higher than in 2018. Following the last game of the season, the club announced that head coach Steve Sheppard would leave the club, after three years in charge of the side.


2019 Mackay Cutters season, Season summary
New recruit Jordan Kenworthy was awarded the club's Player of the Year and Players' Player awards.


2019 Madeira bus crash
On 17 April 2019, a tour bus carrying 56 people—mostly tourists from Germany—crashed in Caniço in Madeira, Portugal. At least 29 people were killed—18 women and 11 men—and 27 more were injured, including the Portuguese driver and tourist guide.


2019 Madeira bus crash
The crash took place around 18:30 local time, with the bus veering off a hilly road and tumbling down an embankment, coming to rest atop a house.


2019 Madeira bus crash
The crash overwhelmed nearby hospitals and required 19 ambulances to transport the injured passengers. Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa sent condolences to German chancellor Angela Merkel, while Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa announced plans to visit the site of the crash. German foreign minister Heiko Maas travelled to Madeira on 18 April in response to the incident, accompanied by doctors, psychologists and consular officials. He said work was underway to bring injured victims home and identify the dead.


2019 Madeira bus crash
The Portuguese Government decreed the three days following the tragedy (18, 19, and 20 April 2019) to be national days of mourning.


2019 Madeiran regional election
Regional elections were held on 22 September 2019 to determine the composition of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira in Portugal. All 47 members of the Assembly were up for election.


2019 Madeiran regional election
The Social Democratic Party continued their 43-year streak of being the largest party in the Madeiran legislature, but failed to hold on to their absolute majority, and would require a coalition for the first time to remain in power. The party won 39% of the votes, a decrease of 5%, and lost 3 members of the regional party. In the electoral map, the PSD lost the two biggest cities in Madeira, Funchal and Santa Cruz to the PS, although by less than 2% of the vote. Overall, the PSD still won the majority of municipalities, obtaining victory in 7 of the 11 in Madeira.


2019 Madeiran regional election
The Socialist Party surged in these elections, polling just two seats and 3.6% behind the PSD. It was the best showing of the PS in a regional election in Madeira going back to the first regional elections in 1976, two years after the fall of the dictatorship. The party won 4 of the 11 municipalities in Madeira. The People's Party lost a lot of votes and seats in these elections, winning just 3 seats and 5.8% of the vote. Together for the People (JPP) also suffered a big setback by losing 2 members and almost 5% of the votes.


2019 Madeiran regional election
It even failed to obtain second place in their traditional bastion of Santa Cruz, falling behind the PS and PSD. The Unitary Democratic Coalition lost 1 of their 2 seats, and lost 3.7% of votes compared to 2015. The Left Bloc was wiped from the regional Assembly completely and only won 1.7% of the votes. These elections were fought mainly between the PSD and PS, and many left-wing voters opted to vote tactically for the PS to prevent another PSD victory, but by doing so, they hurt the chances of smaller left-wing parties and alliances such as the Left Bloc and CDU.


2019 Madeiran regional election
The turnout in these elections increased compared to the previous one for the first time in over a decade, with 55.5% of voters casting a ballot, compared with the record-low 49.6% in the 2015 elections.


2019 Madeiran regional election, Electoral system
The current 47 members of the Madeiran regional parliament are elected in a single constituency by proportional representation under the D'Hondt method, coinciding with the territory of the Region.


2019 Madeiran regional election, Parties, Current composition
The table below lists parties represented in the Legislative Assembly of Madeira before the election.


2019 Madeiran regional election, Parties, Parties running in the election
17 parties are in the ballot for the 2019 Madeira regional election. The parties that will contest the election and their lead candidates, are: (parties/coalitions are ordered by the way they will appear on the ballot)


2019 Madeiran regional election, Results
On election night, the centre-right PSD and national-conservative CDS said they were willing to form a coalition government.


2019 Madrid Challenge by la Vuelta
The fifth edition of the Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta, a women's cycling race held in Spain, will take place on 14 and 15 September 2019.


2019 Madrid Challenge by la Vuelta, Route and organization
The race starts with and 9.3 km individual time trial in Boadilla del Monte, followed by a 98.6 km crit race in Madrid. Stage 2 will use the finishing circuit that will also be used for stage 21 of the 2019 Vuelta.


2019 Madrid Challenge by la Vuelta, Route and organization
The event was organised by ASO, which also organises the Vuelta a España. It was the 22nd race of the 2019 UCI Women's World Tour.


2019 Madrid City Council election
The 2019 Madrid City Council election, also the 2019 Madrid municipal election, was held on Sunday, 26 May 2019, to elect the 11th City Council of the municipality of Madrid. All 57 seats in the City Council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 2019 European Parliament election.


2019 Madrid City Council election, Electoral system
The City Council of Madrid (Spanish: Ayuntamiento de Madrid) was the top-tier administrative and governing body of the municipality of Madrid, composed of the mayor, the government council and the elected plenary assembly. Elections to the local councils in Spain were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years.


2019 Madrid City Council election, Electoral system
Voting for the local assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered and residing in the municipality of Madrid and in full enjoyment of their political rights, as well as resident non-national European citizens and those whose country of origin allowed Spanish nationals to vote in their own elections by virtue of a treaty. Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each local council. Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:


2019 Madrid City Council election, Electoral system
The mayor was indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause required that mayoral candidates earned the vote of an absolute majority of councillors, or else the candidate of the most-voted party in the assembly was to be automatically appointed to the post. In the event of a tie, the appointee would be determined by lot.


2019 Madrid City Council election, Electoral system
The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of a determined amount of the electors registered in the municipality for which they were seeking election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. For the case of Madrid, as its population was over 1,000,001, at least 8,000 signatures were required.


2019 Madrid City Council election, Council composition
The table below shows the composition of the political groups in the City Council at the time of dissolution.


2019 Madrid City Council election, Parties and candidates
Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:


2019 Madrid City Council election, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 29 seats were required for an absolute majority in the City Council of Madrid.


2019 Madrid City Council election, Opinion polls
Poll conducted after legal ban on opinion polls  Exit poll


2019 Madrilenian regional election
The 2019 Madrilenian regional election was held on Sunday, 26 May 2019, to elect the 11th Assembly of the Community of Madrid. All 132 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 2019 European Parliament election.


2019 Madrilenian regional election
As a result of the election, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) emerged as the largest political party in a Madrilenian regional election for the first time since 1987, but failed short of securing a majority together with Íñigo Errejón's Más Madrid and Unidas Podemos, the latter of which barely surpassed the 5% threshold to win seats in the Assembly. Instead, a right-of-centre alliance between the People's Party (PP), Citizens (Cs) and far-right Vox was able to muster a majority to form a government, which resulted in the election of PP candidate Isabel Díaz Ayuso as new regional president.